The summons given to Facebook on Delhi riots is correct: Supreme Court – Press Review

The bench said that the Delhi Legislative Assembly and its committees have the prerogative to call the members of these forums and outsiders to appear.

The top court made these observations in its 188-page judgment. The court made this observation while dismissing the petition filed by Ajit Mohan, Vice President and Managing Director of Facebook India and others. In his petition, he had challenged the summons issued by the Peace and Harmony Committee of the Delhi Assembly.

He was summoned by the committee after he failed to appear as a witness in connection with the riots in North-East Delhi last year.

The bench said that “the influence of these forums extends to the population across the border. Facebook is one such platform.

This bench of the Supreme Court also included Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Hrishikesh Rai.

The Supreme Court observed that the information explosion in the digital age is capable of creating new challenges that divert debates on issues where views are completely divided and it is necessary for a liberal democracy to function successfully that citizens can access information. make decisions on the basis of

A bench headed by Justice SK Kaul said that the potential of social media is huge which is beyond limits and it is multinational corporates which have huge assets and are capable of making an impact.

Facebook is the most popular social media platform in India with around 270 million registered users.

It is the argument of the Peace and Harmony Committee of the Delhi Legislative Assembly that along with excessive powers, responsibility is also necessary. That’s why forums like Facebook must be accountable to the people from whom they draw their power. While Facebook has given people a voice and a way out of state restrictions, we must not forget the fact that it has also become a platform for subversive messages and ideologies.

On July 11, on the occasion of World Population Day, the Yogi government of Uttar Pradesh is going to announce a new population policy.

The English newspaper The Indian Express, quoting its sources, has written that under this new policy, those who will cooperate in population control, they will get some kind of encouragement from the government.

According to the news, the Health Department of Uttar Pradesh has prepared a draft of this policy which is based on the findings of National Health Survey-4.

After reviewing this draft, on Thursday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath Yogi said that it is necessary to control the population growth rate for the development of the state. Better facilities can be given to all the citizens of the state only by controlling the population. The new population policy includes better management of nutrition, education and health of adolescents aged 11 to 19 years, besides making comprehensive arrangements for the care of the elderly.

It has been told that through the new population policy, under the family planning program, efforts will be made to increase the accessibility of contraceptive measures and to provide proper arrangements for safe abortion. At the same time, efforts will also be made to reduce the neonatal mortality rate, maternal mortality rate through improved health facilities.

The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, the country’s largest state in terms of population, said, “Since the period of 2000-16 outgoing population policy of the state has ended, the need of the hour is to bring a new population policy.”

It is reported that the new Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav has changed the working hours of some employees. According to the Hindi newspaper Press24 News, now the employees of the Ministry of Railways will work in two shifts.

The newspaper writes that as soon as he took charge of the Railway Ministry, Minister Ashwini Vaishnav announced a big change. According to his announcement, the employees and officers attached to the Ministry of Railways will now work in two shifts.

The first shift will start at 7 am and will continue till 4 pm. Whereas the second shift will start from 3 pm in the afternoon and will run till 12 pm.

An official of the Railway Board clarified that according to this order, only the people of the minister cell will come. Private and railway staff will work as before.

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said after taking charge on Thursday that railways is an important part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision. People’s lives have to be changed through railways, so that common man, farmers and poor get its benefits.

BJP MP from Odisha Ashwini Vaishnav has been a bureaucrat. Vaishnav came into the discussion about providing relief during the sea storm in Balasore, Odisha, after which he was made deputy secretary in the PMO during the prime ministership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

In the first meeting held after the reshuffle of the cabinet, the cabinet has approved a package of Rs 23,123 crore with the aim of strengthening the health infrastructure in the country to combat the corona epidemic.

The English newspaper The Times of India has published this news. The newspaper writes that on Thursday, the Union Cabinet announced a big package to fight Kovid. This decision was taken in the first meeting held after the reshuffle in the cabinet.

According to the newspaper report, while addressing the reporters after the cabinet meeting, the newly appointed Health and Family Welfare Minister Mansukh Mandaviya informed that this package will be implemented in the next nine months till March 2022.

After a massive reshuffle and expansion in the Union Council of Ministers on Wednesday, this decision was taken in a meeting held under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday.

Mansukh Mandaviya said that this is the second phase of the emergency response and health system preparedness package. Earlier, the central government had given Rs 15,000 crore to set up dedicated COVID hospitals and health centers across the country.